Accident in Innsbruck
Car wheel came loose and hit pedestrian – injured
A fatal and unusual accident occurred in Innsbruck on Tuesday morning: a wheel suddenly came loose from a car. It rolled away and hit a woman on the sidewalk. The 54-year-old local woman fell and suffered injuries.
The strange accident happened shortly after 8 am. A 36-year-old local man was driving his car on Andechsstraße in the east of the city and then turned into Gumppstraße.
Perceived banging noises
"Before entering a grocery store, the driver suddenly heard banging noises in the front of the car," said the police.
The woman was no longer able to swerve out of the way. She was hit by the rolling tire.
Die Polizei
And then it happened: the left front wheel came off, rolled diagonally across the road and over the sidewalk where the 54-year-old woman was standing.
Woman suffered bruises
"The woman could no longer swerve. She was hit by the rolling tire and fell to the ground. She suffered a bruise as a result," concluded the investigators.
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